Enhanced absorption and emission of Y3Al5O12: Ce3+ thin layers prepared by epoxide-catalyzed sol-gel method

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1111-1120

  Murai, Shunsuke ^a,b   Verschuuren, Marc A ^a   Lozano, Gabriel ^a   Pirruccio, Giuseppe ^a   Femius Koenderink, A ^a   Rivas, Jaime Gómez ^a,c  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION INTENSITY; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; HEAT TREATMENT TEMPERATURE; INCIDENT LIGHT; OPTICAL QUALITIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE; PROPYLENE OXIDE; SINGLE SPIN-COATING; SLAB WAVEGUIDES; SOL-GEL APPROACH; THIN LAYERS; UPPER LAYER; WAVEGUIDE MODE; YAG; YTTRIUM ALUMINIUM GARNET;

ALUMINUM; GELATION; HEAT TREATMENT; PROPYLENE; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SUBSTRATES; WAVEGUIDES; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM OXIDE;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 84866953892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.001111     Document Type: Article

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